(May 5, 2012 at 2:57 am)Forsaken Wrote: The sad thing is that the creationists, despite knowing the obvious, cannot let go of their outdated beliefs. Approving evolution will mean denying creationism - the very foundation on which most religious beliefs are built on. These creationists cannot see their foundation crumbling away.
I think the fundamental problem with the creationist world view is that they effectively work backwards in order to 'prove' or confirm to themselves that they're right.
1) God exists.
2) anything not in line with the Bible isn't correct.
3) evolution is not correct.
4) TRY and find problems with evolution to be able to discard it.
I've seen this reasoning in many areas, like when they try and defend the lack of credibility of the Gospels by saying 1) God exists therefore 2) the Bible must be infallible because 1) God exists.
I want to understand better where their world view actually makes contact with reality, if ever?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
